Bill Text: HI HB1896 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - Referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 3 [HB1896 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1896-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSEs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that title II of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of P.L. 109-13) requires federal government facilities to accept only driver's licenses or state identification cards that required individuals to proffer extensive documentation as proof of identity to access those federal government facilities and services, including the boarding of commercial airplanes. To be in compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005, the State enacted Act 38, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, which requires individuals to proffer extensive documentation to obtain State-issued REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses or state identification cards.
However, the legislature further finds that the proffering of extensive documentation has been a burden to certain residents. While the State may not alter the requirements of the Real ID Act of 2005, as that would unfairly disadvantage Hawaii residents compared to other U.S. residents, the State may ease the burden by extending the period for which a driver's license is valid.
The purpose of this Act is to ease the burden of the REAL ID Act of 2005 by extending the period for which driver's licenses are valid for persons seventy-two years old or older from two years to four years.
SECTION 2. Section 286-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§286-106 Expiration of licenses. Every driver's license issued under this part, except for a provisional license issued under section 286-102.6 which shall expire on the date of the provisional licensee's nineteenth birthday, whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than eight years after the date of the issuance of the license, unless sooner revoked or suspended; provided that:
(1) The license shall expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than four years after the date of the issuance if, at the time, the licensee is twenty-four years of age or younger;
(2) The license shall
expire on the first birthday of the licensee occurring not less than [two]
four years after the date of the issuance of the license if, at that
time, the licensee is seventy-two years of age or older; and
(3) If the licensee is a legal immigrant, the license shall expire no later than the licensee's authorized period of stay in the United States.
The examiner of drivers may issue a license for a shorter period if the licensee has a physical condition or conditions that the examiner of drivers reasonably believes may impair the driver's ability to drive."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
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Report Title:
Driver's Licenses; Expiration
Description:
Extends the period for which driver's licenses are valid for persons seventy-two years old or older from two years to four years.
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